Aracáno vs. Arakáno

[kimberleighe]

Alright, I'm having an issue and I do not own the text HoME: The Peoples of Middle-Earth that contains "The Shibboleth of Fënor". In writing about Fingolfin, I had come across the name Aracáno as his "mother-name" and the above text was cited. However, then I was playing with google (always a fun time!) and came across Arakáno who is Fingolfin's youngest son, Argon. However, I did not find a citation for this information. Who's the real Aracáno?

I was keen on using Aracáno as a name for Fingolfin when with family/friends. Is it too large of a stretch to say that Fingolfin copied Fëanor by naming a son after himself? As I know it, there's Curufinwë and Kurufinwë.

Please advise!

[elleth]

With the Finwëans, there has been a tradition of patronymics being passed on - according to one version, Fëanor originally was Finwë (minya), until his talents showed and his name was modified accordingly. As you noted, Fëanor named a son after himself, and it doesn't sound unlikely to me to have the same occuring again with Fingolfin. The material leaves plenty of leeway to allow your idea and ascribe any motivations you want (although Fingolfin went for his mother-name to re-use, which is interesting given your premise).

Another quick note, and that's just me being pedantic, it makes no difference whether you use c or k in transliterating Quenya. Both have the same sound value. (Says she who prefers the spelling "Curufinwë Atarinkë..." :

[surgicalsteel]

I'm with Elleth - I don't think it's much of a stretch at all to suppose that Fingolfin named a son after himself. I also think you could use that to develop Fingolfin's character a bit - why is it that his mother-name means enough to him to use it for one of his own children?

[kimberleighe]

Thank you, elleth and surgicalsteel! I was hoping that the premise would be acceptable. Now I'm super excited to develop why Nolo would choose his mother name. Yay! And elleth, I too find "c" much more appeasing than "k"!